訳す
やくす · yakusu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
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🗣️📖 訳 = 言 words + 尺 measure: words measured over into another tongue
The kanji 訳 joins 言 (speech) with 尺 (a measuring unit), so translating is measuring speech across languages. You also see it in 翻訳 (translation) and 通訳 (interpreter).